Former US Secretary of Transportation and Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, will deliver the opening keynote address at the IRF Middle East & North Africa Regional Congress on October 29, 2017. Anthony Foxx became the 17th United States Secretary of Transportation on July 2, 2013. At the U.S. Department of Transportation, Secretary Foxx led an agency with more than 55,000 employees and a budget exceeding $70 billion. DOT oversees air, maritime, and surface transportation, and the Secretary's primary goal is to ensure that America maintains the safest, most efficient transportation system in the world for this and future generations.
Confronted with growing mobility demand, transportation leaders across the region are investing in a range of new infrastructure programs and services, as evidenced by the emergence of spectacular highway and urban transit projects throughout the region. This session gathers senior policy makers for a comparative review of these programs and the challenges associated with their delivery, with a view to providing key insights to investors and other road professionals.
Investor Session 1 - Major Infrastructure Programs in the UAE
Presented by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development
Eman Al Mansouri, Head of Tenders and Contracts Department
Ahmed Al Hammadi , Head of Roads Department
Daniel Llort, Project Manager
Ammar Safi, Project Manager
Investor Session 2 - Major Infrastructure Programs in GCC & MENA
H.E. Jamil Mujahed, Minister of Transport (Jordan)
Amr Shaat, Advisor to the Minister of Transportation (Egypt)
H.E. Ahmed Al-Hassan, Assistant Undersecretary, Ministry of Public Works (Kuwait)
H.E. Fakhroo Huda, Assistant Under Secretary, Ministry of Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning (Bahrain)
